jmags reviewed Time's Arrow by Martin Amis
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4 stars
So look, this book is obviously kind of gimmicky, but it also has a clear enough vision to make the gimmick worthwhile.
English language
Published Sept. 21, 1991 by Jonathan Cape.
Time's Arrow
by Martin Amis
4 stars
(15 reviews)
Time's Arrow: or The Nature of the Offence (1991) is a novel by Martin Amis. It was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 1991. It is notable partly because the events occur in a reverse chronology, with time passing in reverse and the main character becoming younger and younger during the novel.
Subjects
- Fiction, fantasy, general
- Holocaust, jewish (1939-1945), fiction